Blog Tour Loving Miss Tilney: A Variation on Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey by Heather Moll Publication Date: August 1, 2023 Excessively Diverted Press Genre: Historical Romance/Regency/Austenesque     She’s forbidden to wed a nobody. He’s nothing in society’s eyes. Will their desperate schemes backfire before they find a way to be together? ​Northanger Abbey. Eleanor Tilney can’t bear her lonely life any longer. Distraught when her tyrannical father throws her friend out of the house because the girl lacks an inheritance, the long-suffering general’s daughter decides anything is be ..read more

The Legacy of Longdale Manor by Carrie Turansky Publication Date: September 26, 2023 Bethany House Publishers Genre: Historical Christian Romance     Two women–a century apart–embark on a journey to healing, faith, forgiveness, and romance. In 2012, art historian Gwen Morris travels to England’s Lake District to appraise the paintings and antiques of an old family friend, hoping to prove herself to her prestigious grandfather. While at Longdale Manor, she meets David Bradford–the owner’s handsome grandson–who is desperate to save the crumbling estate by turning it into a luxury hote ..read more

The Boy in the Rain by Stephanie Cowell Publication Date: June 1, 2023 Regal House Publishing Genre: Historical Fiction     It is 1903 in the English countryside when Robbie, a shy young art student, meets the twenty-nine-year-old Anton who is running from memories of his brutal childhood and failed marriage. Within months, they begin a love affair that will never let them go. Robbie grows into an accomplished portraitist in the vivid London art world with the help of Anton’s enchanting former wife, while Anton turns from his inherited wealth and connections to improve the condition ..read more

One More Seat at the Round Table by Susan Dormady Eisenberg Publication Date: April 4, 2023 Atmosphere Press     What if the most conflicted lovers in Broadway’s Camelot aren’t Lancelot and Guenevere? Set backstage during the out-of-town chaos of Lerner and Loewe’s now-classic 1960 musical, One More Seat at the Round Table portrays the struggles of feisty drama school grad Jane Conroy, who lands a plum Gal Friday job, and Bryce Christmas, a gifted, if insecure, actor on the verge of his big break. When Jane and Bryce fall helplessly in love during Toronto tryouts, their relationship ..read more

The Courtesan’s Daughter by Susanne Dunlap Publication Date: April 25, 2023 Atmosphere Press Genre: Historical Fiction     What happens when a daughter’s dream and a mother’s sordid past collide? New York, 1910. Seventeen-year-old Sylvie and her French-immigrant mother Justine eke out a living doing piecework in a tenement on the Lower East Side, while Sylvie attends school so that she can escape their life of poverty by becoming a teacher. At least, that’s what her mother believes should happen. Sylvie, though, has a different dream. She wants to be a star in the new moving picture ..read more

Madame Pommery by Rebecca Rosenberg Publication Date: March 21, 2023 Lion Heart Publishing Genre: Historical Fiction     Champagne, France, 1860. Madame Pommery, an etiquette teacher and orphanage founder, loses her husband and is forced to support her family. With no experience, the forty-year-old widow decides to make champagne. Her unique vision is to change it from a sweet dessert beverage to a dry, crisp wine to be enjoyed anytime. When champagne makers refuse to teach her their craft, she forges ahead on her own and secretly begins the excavation of champagne caves under the R ..read more

Nothing Left But Dust by Melissa Geissinger Publication Date: April 18, 2023 Genre: Young Adult/Historical Fiction Nothing Left But Dust is a powerful tale of love, loss, and hope set against the backdrop of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Follow Jo, a young woman struggling to heal after her Papa’s death, as she tries to break free of her uncle’s indentured servitude and secure an apprenticeship at a mapmaking shop. And Otto, a privileged young man with dreams of running away to become an artist, as he battles to escape the clutches of a ruthless crimp who means to have him shanghaied. Whe ..read more

The Good Time Girls by K.T. Blakemore Publication Date: April 4, 2023 Sycamore Creek Press Genre: Historical Fiction/Western Series: Wild-Willed Women of the West     A novel of wild women, the bonds of friendship, a harrowing road trip, and help found in the least likely places. In 1905 Kansas, ex-dancehall girl and outlaw Ruby Calhoun has settled into a (mostly) quiet and (mostly) lawful life. But out of the blue her past comes hustling into town when her ex-friend and ex-dancehall partner, Pip, shows up with a grim message and dangerous mission: Cullen Wilder, an old enemy with a ..read more

The Orchid Hour by Nancy Bilyeau Publication Date: August 10, 2023 Lume Books Genre: Historical Thriller     There is a certain hour, in the dead of night, when the orchid’s scent can put you under a spell… “Nancy Bilyeau has created a beautifully layered and utterly seductive tale… and, at its living, tender heart, a strong-willed and magnetic heroine.” – Emilya Naymark, author of Behind the Lie, finalist for the 2023 Sue Grafton Award Nancy Bilyeau, author of The Crown and The Blue, returns with a tantalizing novel about one woman caught up in a secret nightclub that one can only ..read more

    The White Sails Series: Special Hardback Omnibus by Emma Lombard If Bridgerton and Pirates of the Caribbean had a love child. Are you a fan of sweeping romantic adventures? Do you fall for tall, brooding Naval Officers? Love a feisty female lead who makes you yell aloud? Then hop aboard Emma Lombard’s hardback Collector’s Edition of The White Sails Series, and batten down the hatches! But Why? Well, firstly, let me tell you what my Kickstarter campaign isn’t. It isn’t a plea for donations, it’s not a beg for money, and it’s not just another retailer. Okay, so what is it then? Ki ..read more